(Opening shot: fade in to a long overhead shot of Ponyville during the day. Zoom in slowly on the schoolhouse as its bell rings, then cut to a close-up of the building. The zoom continues to the sound of cheering and yells from inside, and the door bursts open to release a stampede of students. Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle trudge glumly out after them and stop on the porch.) Sweetie: (disgustedly, as Scootaloo collapses onto her belly) Can you believe Featherweight got his cutie mark? Featherweight! Before us! (Cheers from o.s.; cut to a knot of foals clustered around a spindly-legged off-white pegasus colt with two-tone brown mane, a missing front tooth, and brown eyes. This is Featherweight, and a closer shot reveals his new mark to be a single white feather, which he proudly shows off.) Snips: Great cutie mark, Featherweight! Snails: (laughing) Looking good! (Scootaloo and Sweetie sigh heavily.) Sweetie: I give up. (Apple Bloom peeks out, carrying a rolled-up newspaper.) Bloom: I’ve got it! (One cheerful bound carries her over the pair so that she lands facing them.) Bloom: (tossing paper onto porch) The answer to all our problems! (Back to the others on the end of this; the paper unrolls, and the camera cuts to a close-up of the front page and zooms in on the masthead. Prominently displayed are a photo of two foals who seem dissatisfied with their lunches and a line graph trending sharply downward.) Sweetie: (from o.s.) The Foal Free Press? (Cut to frame all three.) How’s the school paper gonna get us our cutie marks? (Bloom takes a breath to start explaining, but Granny Smith’s voice cuts in first.) Granny: (from o.s.) Move your caboose! Bloom: Uh-oh. That’s Granny Smith. Gotta run! (She gallops away; zoom in on the other two.)